South Side Hit Pen elects Derek Jeter and Larry Walker as its 2020 Hall of Fame class
Case closed: In his final year on the ballot, Larry Walker pulled 77% support, making the South Side Hit Pen Hall of Fame. (@MLBStats)
Congratulations to a study in Hall of Fame contrasts.
Derek Jeter won election in his first eligible season, taking 83% of the South Side Hit Pen vote. Meanwhile Larry Walker, in his final year on the ballot, squeaked in with 77% support.
Jeter's lack of unanimity is a contrast to the actual Cooperstown results, released later on Tuesday and expected to possibly cement Jeter as the second unanimous Hall of Fame honoree in history, joining Mariano Rivera in 2019. So, bravo for having the sense not to make a very good, but not ethereal, baseball shortstop a unanimous choice.
And with an average number of 8.04 players chosen per ballot, congratulations also the the SSHP electorate for submitting full dance cards this year; with well more than 10 worthy players, a healthy list of players is a wise direction to take with recent HOF ballots.
No other players appear on the precipice of election. However, with no shoo-in candidate appearing for the first time in 2021, it will be an opportunity for other Cooperstown hopefuls to sneak up the charts.
Here are the full results from this year's voting, with the voting trend from 2019 to 2020 when applicable.
Get your speeches ready
Derek Jeter (83%)
Larry Walker (77%, up from 62% in 2019)
Strong support
Curt Schilling (58%, up 2%)
Barry Bonds (54%, down 12%)
Roger Clemens (52%, down 10%)
Andruw Jones (50%, up 8%)
You got some work to do
Trevor Hoffman (46%, up 12%)
Gary Sheffield (44%,up 12%)
Manny Ramirez (38%, up 1%)
Todd Helton (37%, even)
Paul Konerko (37%)
Scott Rolen (31%, down 10%)
At least they got double digits
Omar Vizquel (29%, up 9%)
Billy Wagner (27%, up 20%)
Jeff Kent (25%, up 8%)
Bobby Abreu (21%)
Sammy Sosa (21%, up 7%)
Andy Pettitte (17%, up 2%)
Lance Berkman (13%, up 3%)
Johan Santana (10%, up 2%)
Still on the ballot
Roy Oswalt (8%, even)
Cliff Lee (6%)
Off the ballot
Alfonso Soriano (4%)
Raúl Ibañez (4%)
Carlos Peña (4%)
J.J. Putz (4%)
Jason Giambi (4%)
Heath Bell (2%)
Josh Beckett (0%)
Eric Chávez (0%)
Adam Dunn (0%)
Chone Figgins (0%)
Rafael Furcal (0%)
Brad Penny (0%)
Brian Roberts (0%)
José Valverde (0%)
South Side Sox Hall of Fame Class of 2011: Roberto Alomar, Bert Blyleven, Tim Raines
SSS Hall of Fame Class of 2012: Barry Larkin
SSS Hall of Fame Class of 2013: Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza, Tim Raines
SSS Hall of Fame Class of 2014: Greg Maddux, Frank Thomas, Tom Glavine
SSS Hall of Fame Class of 2015: Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Craig Biggio, John Smoltz
SSS Hall of Fame Class of 2016: Ken Griffey, Jr., Tim Raines, Mike Piazza
SSS Hall of Fame Class of 2017: Tim Raines, Vladimir Guerrero, Jeff Bagwell, Ivan Rodriguez
SSS Hall of Fame Class of 2018: Jim Thome, Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero
SSS Hall of Fame Class of 2019: Mariano Rivera, Mike Mussina, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez
South Side Hit Pen Hall of Fame Class of 2020: Derek Jeter, Larry Walker